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type: "Bill"
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title: "Driver's license, etc.; sex designation on application form."
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description: "Department of Motor Vehicles; sex designation. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to offer any applicant the option to mark \"male,\" \"female,\" or \"non-binary\" when designating the applicant's sex on an application for a driver's license or special identification card."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 246"
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citation: "Virginia SB 246 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-02"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fba918a7-86d5-4c20-91f1-b37daf3d9b7b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB246"
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source_hash: "65f55f9ac0412db017528abf5e1a34e599b54adc6f4641240312df3cfa689531"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 246 (2020) — Driver's license, etc.; sex designation on application form.
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Department of Motor Vehicles; sex designation. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to offer any applicant the option to mark "male," "female," or "non-binary" when designating the applicant's sex on an application for a driver's license or special identification card.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0544)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0544)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB246ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB246ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB246S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB246)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB246S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB246S1)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N) — **56–43** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N 1-A) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101569D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Reported from Transportation with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-16** Committee substitute printed 20105924D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB246S1)
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 20105924D-S1
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- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB246S1
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- **2020-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-02-25** Passed House (57-Y 43-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB246ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 544 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fba918a7-86d5-4c20-91f1-b37daf3d9b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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